Faith Lab

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Hosted by Nate Hanson · 13 episodes · Audience: ●●●●● (members only)

What if Christianity could handle your toughest questions? Scholars. Evidence. Honest questions. A podcast for people who want faith they can trust with both heart and mind. Faith Lab brings serious biblical scholarship out of academic conferences and dense books and into conversations you can actually follow. Every episode, world-class historians, biblical scholars, and researchers explain what they've spent their careers studying about Jesus, the Bible, and the origins of Christianity. What they share will surprise you. Most Christians have never heard the depth of evidence that exists for the faith they already hold. Nate and Shelby Hanson ask the questions real people are actually wondering and press every guest to make their work clear, honest, and accessible. Guests include N.T. Wright, Tim Mackie, and more. Whether you've believed your whole life and want to understand why, or you've been carrying doubts you've never said out loud, Faith Lab is for you.

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Recent Episodes (5 episodes)

Is the gospel just a ticket to heaven? (Dr. Nijay Gupta)

Apr 29, 2026

Most of us were taught the gospel is a ticket to heaven. New Testament scholar Nijay Gupta says that is not what Paul was actually preaching.Nijay Gupta is professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and author of Paul for the World. He, Shane Rosenthal, and Nate work through what Paul's gospel actually was, where "I'll fly away" theology came from, and why he thinks C.S. Lewis got heaven wrong.🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conversations are helping you

What the first Christians believed about Easter

Apr 1, 2026

The hardest critiques of the cross target one version of the gospel. The earliest Christians were teaching something bigger.For a thousand years before penal substitution became the dominant framework, the church proclaimed something wider: that God entered into death to destroy it from the inside. Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Gregory of Nyssa all described it, and their version answers the questions that trip most of us up.🙏 Faith Lab is a listener-supported show. If these conver

What if the Gospels are more reliable than you were told?

Mar 25, 2026

Most Christians were taught to trust the Gospels without ever being shown why they should. The historical evidence is stronger than you think.New Testament scholar Lydia McGrew explains what she calls the "reportage model," a case that the Gospel authors weren't just passing along stories. They were close to the facts, trying to get them right, and highly successful. She walks through the kind of evidence that's hard to explain any other way.🔓 Get the full unedited interview wi

After the apostles died, did the faith survive?

Mar 18, 2026

Most Christians quietly carry a question they rarely say out loud: after the apostles died, what happened? There's a gap in the story, and in that gap, a worry lives.One man fills it. He was born 35 years after Jesus, personally knew people who personally knew Christ, and his own words still survive on paper. His name was Polycarp, and the chain connecting him to the eyewitnesses is shorter than you think.🔓 Faith Lab premium members get full unedited interviews with every guest

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